Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that more than 6,000 immigrants' Social Security numbers are being canceled, which will effectively wipe out their ability to work or receive benefits, in an effort to get them to leave the country.
I wish they included “legal” in the headline. Would make a world of difference to centrists.
The fact that they’re in the Social Security system in the first place should imply it, but that’s too complicated for the average reader to understand.
They’re convinced that these immigrants are in the system because they’re illegally receiving benefits as illegal aliens.